Xenia Desni

Xenia Desni
Postcard of Xenia Desni
Born	19 January 1894 Kiev, Russian Empire
Died	27 May 1962 Roquefort-les-Pins, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1921-1940 (film)

Xenia Desni (Ukrainian: Ксенія Десні. Russian: Ксения Десни; born 19 January 1894, Kiev - d. 27 June 1962, France) was a silent screen era actress born in the Russian Empire. She and her family fled the Russian Revolution. They first moved to Constantinople, where she began her acting career in Vaudeville. She later moved to Berlin. She later was involved in films directed by Johannes Guter.

Career

Desni began her successful career at the beginning of the 1920s with the movie Sappho, followed by a number of successful productions such as Der Sprung ins Leben, Die Prinzessin Suwarin, Wilhelm Tell, Die Andere, Ein Walzertraum, Familie Schimek, and Madame wagt einen Seitensprung.

Her career declined shortly after the advent of sound, after which she appeared in only one film, Kriminalkommissar Eyck.

She was the mother of actress Tamara Desni. Her daughter became a star of British films during the 1930s and 1940s.

Selected filmography

• The Black Panther (1921)
• William Tell (1923)
• The Tower of Silence (1924)
• The Other Woman (1924)
• A Waltz Dream (1925)
• The Found Bride (1925)
• The Pink Diamond (1926)
• The Boxer's Bride (1926)
• The Schimeck Family (1926)
• Nixchen (1926)
• Rhenish Girls and Rhenish Wine (1927)
• Radio Magic (1927)
• The Champion of the World (1927)
• Marie's Soldier (1927)
• The Orchid Dancer (1928)

External links

• Xenia Desni at IMDb
• Photographs of Xenia Desni